> Would more talented people in the U.S. pursue Silicon Valley careers if they got 3% instead of 1% to be an early employee? IMO, no. The difference between fo

> Would more talented people in the U.S. pursue Silicon Valley careers if they got 3% instead of 1% to be an early employee? IMO, no. The difference between founder and employee #1 is still too large, even though the risk is not significantly higher. Assume there are two founders, splitting 50/50, then there's a 10% employee option pool, so the founders have 45% each. Moving from 1 -> 3% is not enough incentive, but moving from 1->10% might be.